Another Monday blog...

I know it's only been a week, but there is SO much to tell. Let's see...

Met with the Ice Cream team last week. What a great group of people. We had a very productive day, and I got some help with a couple of loads that I probably would not have been able to take care of on my own. A big shout out to my co-workers for coming through and keeping me from blowing a gasket.

Thursday was E-day #1 (E = extraction). I went in to have 4 teeth pulled (please note at the time I only had 13 left). Well, they decided it would be better to pull 5 instead of 4. Personally I wanted them to pull 6, but that was not going to happen. The appointment went well, but damn if they didn't give me ALOT of numbing stuff. I couldn't talk for 1 1/2 hours after they were done. My mouth would not open. Yeah, yeah. Good huh? My wife, God love her (someone has to), was a saint. I was writing things down, texting her, grunting a bunch LOL! Unfortunately she had to go to work later that day, then I thought I busted a stitch. She had to take an extended lunch to drive me back to the dentist to find out I didn't. That was good.

What else was good is that they gave me pain pills. Wheeeeee! Friday I worked from home, but I took a pain pill in the morning, and it turned my stomach. I wound up sleeping for 2 1/2 hours. The rest of the day was good though.

The weekend was fairly quiet. I took my meds, slept quite a bit. Yesterday, I wound up going to the casino to play poker. What a waste of life. We wound up with 11 people at each table, because the TD was too stupid to move people to a new table when the new players arrived (3 minutes into the tournament). It was very uncomfortable (even for someone small like me), and I wound up busting out early. Oh well. The drive was nice, as it was 86 degrees and sunny with a decent breeze.

Today, I went to the office in the AM, but my gums are still swollen, so I came home and working from home in the afternoon. Got to take a pill, which did the trick. Didn't put me to sleep, but made me not care about the pain :) Thursday I get the stitches out and they will get the mold for my dentures.On June 10th, the final 8 teeth come out. THAT'S going to be fun. I am taking the 11th off from work, and hopefully will be ok enough to go to work that following Monday. After that, all done!

Hey, if you hear of any of the guys I used to play poker with actually getting a small $$ amount buy-in tourney together, please keep me in mind. I miss poker nights with those guys.